Car 77 Katherine Legge Amlin Aguri & Car 28 Matthew Brabham Andretti both spun at the start of the race causing a safety car. Car 27 Franck Montagny Andretti Autosport sent Car 23 Nick Heidfeld Venturi into the wall causing another safety car. Car 21 Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing had a big crash on the last lap fighting for 3rd place. Katherine Legge was penalized with a 23-second time penalty & 10-place grid penalty for next race for changing RESS system. Franck Montagny was penalized with a 1 lap penalty. Nick Heidfeld was penalized with being excluded for not changing car within the box.

Car 6 Oriol Servia Dragon Racing had the lead going into turn 3 on the inside, Car 2 Sam Bird Virgin Racing with a nice move went wide. Having all pressure Oriol Servia went too deep giving Sam Bird the opportunity to capitalize on the mistake to take the lead. After taking the lead Bird did look and the pit stop strategy to take the checkered flag.